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I know the Android app was available a few days ago. I just searched again on the iPhone app store and found the Tesla Model S App. You sign in with the same email and password as this website and it automatically links to your car. The menu includes Home, Controls, Charge, Climate, and Location across the bottom of the screen.

Home - shows current status, can sign in and out there.

Controls - vent roof, lock, unlock, honk horn, flash lights

Charge - switch from standard to max range, start and stop charging

Climate - shows current interior temp, turn climate on and off

Location - map view of the car location, direction to get to the car (goes to Maps app)

(one note, my interior cabin temp seems to still be off. reads 72ºF and i know it's much closer to like 60 at this moment. i wonder if this is pointing to a general sensor issue with the cabin, seeing as we (i and others) have had trouble getting the climate system to adequately maintain/sense actual temperatures... i may take a fluke temp meter out there one day soon and measure actual differences between what it says and what it is...)

yay, iphone app. which incidentally scales very nicely on ipad using the 'x2' button. not jaggy or ugly in any way, just fills the screen. excellent!

Great timing - and this is interesting - my Model S is built but not yet delivered. I /was/ able to log in to the app and I saw the proper VIN, but remote access wasn't enabled, which I'm grateful for.

By the way, searching the app store for Tesla didn't show the app in the first 50 results; searching for Tesla Model S brought it up.

rd2 | 4. Februar 2013

Love it! I am amazed at how easy it was to set up. Just a simple login and presto!

I hope they add the charge timing feature asap, would like to take full advantage of the E9a rates for CA.

This car just keeps getting better...

Roger_NO | 4. Februar 2013

Is this App only available in the US App Store?
I can't find it in the norwegian one...

Docrob | 4. Februar 2013

Can't find it in the Australian app store either, looks like US only.

fischca | 4. Februar 2013

You have to wait for the norwegian version or you have to create a US-account for itunes. There are manuals in the web, search for: "loading apps in us store"

Mark Z | 4. Februar 2013

The application works perfectly. The map showing the locations of the vehicle and the iPhone/iPad was more accurate for Model S than the Apple device! Viewing the position of doors, hatch, frunk and vent is a nice touch. What a comfort to be able to check the status and location of the vehicle when concerned. Perhaps a future addition could be for the application to sound an alarm if the vehicle alarm is activated.

If the Mobile App Remote Access is off at the vehicle's touchscreen, the app instructs the driver to turn it on. Perhaps turning it off at the vehicle should now be password protected to increase the security of monitoring the location.

DFibRL8R | 4. Februar 2013

Too awesome! I pick my car up this morning and am now even more psyched!

fischca | 4. Februar 2013

The app requires a linked model S in real world. Is there any testing modus with a virtual car? It would be just for fun :-)

Whity Whiteman | 4. Februar 2013

allways behind in Germany. I want this App, I want my car!

GeirT | 4. Februar 2013

@ Roger,

I happen to have a US iTunes account and downloaded the app. As we don't have the car yet the access to its functions is denied. The app is directly related to your ownership of the car. Once the thousands of cars in on keel to our side of the pond, only then you can access the app and enjoy it wonders.
Ce la vie!

jbrowdy | 4. Februar 2013

Very excited - I get my car this week. I downloaded the app, but wasn't 100% sure how to log in, so I used the credentials I use here on the Tesla website. It loads a VIN, but it's only six digits and then it tells me remote access on my car needs to be turned on.

Does a six digit VIN make sense? Am I logging in correctly? I thought I saw a long VIN on my paperwork when I signed it.

stevedar | 4. Februar 2013

It's the last 6 digits of your long VIN.

kishdude | 4. Februar 2013

@ditch
I don't think that the app shows what the current temp is in the car, but what temp your climate control is currently set to.

Theresa | 4. Februar 2013

kishdude, I am not sure about the iphone app but the Android shows both temps.

joepruitt | 4. Februar 2013

Anyone on the beta know if there's any difference in the app from beta to production? I'll update this morning and take a look.

jaq1 | 4. Februar 2013

+1 @theresa regarding android app showing both temps. I would be surprised if the Iphone app did not have this.

GoTeslaChicago | 4. Februar 2013

logged into app, it showed interior temp at 37 degrees, with temp outside in the 20's surprised it wasn't lower. Set climate control to 70 and watched it gradually warm up.

App is beautiful, clean interface, easy to use.

It could (and probably will) be so much more. Eventually we should be able to do nearly everything from the app that we can do from the car.

For example, I dialed down my amps for charging last night to 7 amps @240 volts, so the charging would finish in the morning. When I logged in I had 231 miles. Once I turned up the heat and restarted charging, the miles went down because at 7 amps I was using more juice than being supplied. Need the app to allow me to dial up or down the charging amps.

jat | 4. Februar 2013

@Theresa, jaq1 - on my Android I only see one temperature, but that might be because I have them slaved. The wire protocol definitely reports them separately and lets you set them separately.

William9 | 4. Februar 2013

You have to turn on the "Climate" function to show interior temperature.

Totto | 4. Februar 2013

Why would so many of you want the app when you don´t have the car yet????

nickjhowe | 4. Februar 2013

Only issue I've seen so far is the picture of my car is wrong. Shows a black roof instead of my white one, and light wheels instead of dark.

Haven't played with the climate control yet but as others have reported it does seem a little off. Was 54 deg here last night, but the car is showing 75. Can't believe my garage stayed that warm.

GoTeslaChicago | 4. Februar 2013

Mine shows turbine wheels, but I have 19 inch wheels.

joepruitt | 4. Februar 2013

Just loaded the release app and it overwrote the beta. From the looks of it, they haven't added any new features since the last beta build from November.

mkh1437 | 4. Februar 2013

I posted a similar not in the Android app thread, but now that I have the iPhone app, I'll post here as well. Wondering if we should start a new wishlist thread for he mobile app? Here are the things I'd like to see added:

1) Notification in the app if the car alarm is triggered, and the ability to silence the alarm from the app.
2) Ability to manage the charge rate (change the amps).
3) Ability to turn on seat warmers in addition to the HVAC.
4) Notification in the app of pending firmware updates and the ability to schedule them via the app
5) Ability to view the rear camera via the app (might come in handy if the alarm is triggered, or if your car is being towed).
6) Ability to open/close the trunk.

ghillair | 4. Februar 2013

Is there an option to have the car drive to your location and pick you up? Or is that coming in a future update?